Sentences with phrase «forbidden affair with a married woman»

As subtle here as his character in Scorsese's «Gangs of New Year» (set in NYC not long before the events of this film take place) was larger - than - life, the eternally mesmerizing Daniel Day - Lewis is quietly shattering as Newland Archer, a man contemplating a forbidden affair with a married woman, Ellen (Michelle Pfeiffer), whose eyes carry a refreshing spark of life.